Adware/WSearch

description-logoAnalysis

  • Downloads a file from the URL http://pi{REMOVED}ou.com/ and saves it to the Temporary folder as PigUp.exe.
  • Creates the following registry entries:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MSWord\Search
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PigUp

    Autostart Mechanism
  • Creates the following registry entry:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
      PigUpdate = "[Adware Path and Filename]"

recommended-action-logoRecommended Action

    FortiGate Systems
  • Check the main screen using the web interface for your FortiGate unit to ensure that the latest AV/NIDS database has been downloaded and installed on your system - if required, enable the "Allow Push Update" option.

Telemetry logoTelemetry

Detection Availability

FortiGate
Extreme
FortiClient
Extended
FortiMail
Extended
FortiSandbox
Extended
FortiWeb
Extended
Web Application Firewall
Extended
FortiIsolator
Extended
FortiDeceptor
Extended
FortiEDR

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2021-11-16 89.06923
2021-09-02 88.00828
2021-06-01 86.00601
2021-03-20 84.00856
2021-01-26 83.57800 Sig Updated
2020-11-05 81.62100 Sig Updated
2020-10-06 80.89700 Sig Updated
2020-09-08 80.22400 Sig Updated
2020-09-01 80.05600 Sig Updated
2020-08-13 79.60100 Sig Updated